Pedals that stack with the ENGL E650 Ritchie Blackmore Signature

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → mid-forward)

The high headroom tone has headroom to spare — JHS MoonShine Overdrive leans it toward mid-forward to fill it in

Goes in front of the amp

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → crunchy)

Into a high headroom tone, Beetronics Fatbee JFET Overdrive brings a pull toward crunchy that's missing

Goes in front of the amp

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → high gain)

Carl Martin Hot Drive'n Boost MK3 leans this high headroom tone toward high gain, which it doesn't make on its own

Goes in front of the amp

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Run Ibanez FL Mini after ENGL E650 Ritchie Blackmore Signature in the signal chain, clear of ENGL E650 Ritchie Blackmore Signature's own gain stage

Goes in front of the amp

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.

Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer leans toward dynamic, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Goes in front of the amp

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Run Eventide Modulated Delay in ENGL E650 Ritchie Blackmore Signature's effects loop, clear of ENGL E650 Ritchie Blackmore Signature's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Keep ENGL E650 Ritchie Blackmore Signature's transparent voice out front: JHS 3 Series Oil Can Delay goes in ENGL E650 Ritchie Blackmore Signature's effects loop so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop